United Krogan Clans
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  The United Krogan Clans at its greatest extent in 2187 CE following the Reaper War.
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Totalitarian chiefdom |
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Head of government: |
High Chieftain Urdnot Wrex |
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High Chieftain of Hagalok, Trisek'lok, Durydok and the Sunburnt Territories |
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High Chieftain of Hagalok, Trisek'lok, Durydok and the Sunburnt Territories |
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Urdnot Keep, Hagalok, Tuchanka (2183 CE - 2186 CE) |
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No state religion, although reverence for the thresher maw Kalros and the ancient krogan pantheon were popular |
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Day of the Firestorm |
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30 July 2183 CE - 8 January 2190 CE
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- "What I'm building here is a new future for all krogan. The squabbling of the past will be made the past. This will be a neutral meeting ground for all clans who wish to be a part of the future we're building...those that resist and try to crush that future will be shown no mercy from me. My patience runs thin with you, Uvenk...right now, this future we're building...you're lucky to be a part of it at all."
- — Urdnot Wrex scolding Gatatog Uvenk for his pro-Traditionalist protests in Urdnot Keep, circa 2185 CE.
The United Krogan Clans (UKC), also known as the Unified Clans of Tuchanka, the Krogan Clans and Wrex's Government, was the representative body of Tuchanka, its clans and krogan colonies from 2183 CE to 2190 CE and the precursor to the Tuchankan Confederacy. The roots for the United Krogan Clans can be traced back to Jarrod's War from 1541 CE to 1572 CE when Urdnot Wrex, son of the warlord and traditionalist Urdnot Jarrod, began a civil war against his father when he chose to join the Reformists: the war ended with his father dead and Wrex leaving Tuchanka, having given up on trying to change the future of his people after his father's betrayal and desecration of the Hollows in an attempt to murder his own son. Wrex spent the next few centuries working as a bounty hunter, and it wouldn't be until he joined the Normandy Squad during the Eden Prime War that Commander Shepard, through conversation after conversation, began to change his mind about his people: further motivated by the threat of the Reapers, Wrex decided he could be the arbiter to force his people to move forward, and envisioned a unified Tuchanka where all krogan stood united against the Reaper threat and to face a new future: after the Eden Prime War concluded, Wrex bid his farewells and returned to Tuchanka, beating his brother Urdnot Wreav in a challenge for leadership over Clan Urdnot. Summoning a meeting with the Reformist leadership at the Hollows, Wrex outlined his plan for Clan Urdnot to assume leadership over the Reformists, and that under his control, they would finally defeat the Traditionalists, absorb their clans and rebuild Tuchanka under one banner, one chieftain. The Reformists, some having little choice and others taking gladly to Wrex's command, as their previous leader, Clan Margon, had not been nearly effective enough in curtailing the Traditionalists. From that day forward, Wrex had the Reformists rebranded under his new government, "United Krogan Clans", and thus began Wrex's War and his goal to unite all of Tuchanka.
Over the next two years, from 2183 CE to 2185 CE, the UKC went on the offensive, striking at every Traditionalist stronghold and outpost they could as more and more support gathered for their cause, with Wrex personally leading the UKC's armies to victory after victory in numerous campaigns spanning much of the planet. The Traditionalists were defeated at every turn, winning only a handful of victories here and there, with Wrex offering defeated clans the chance to join the UKC and have a part in the new future he was building for the krogan people (which included a cure for the genophage, although he kept this secret from his people so as to not set expectations) or be crushed and their lands given to more open-minded, loyalist clans. Many Traditionalist clans accepted Wrex's offer, among them a founding member of the Traditionalists, Clan Gatatog under Gatatog Uvenk, although this later turned out to be a ruse to plant spies in Urdnot Keep and to plan Wrex's assassination, a plan which was discovered with the help of Uvenk's own arrogance, as he tried to enlist Grunt, a tank-bred krogan on the Normandy Squad wishing to join Urdnot, into assassinating Wrex in return for joining Gatatog, which Grunt refused and subsequently killed Uvenk for his treason: when Wrex discovered Gatatog's betrayal, he had their keep razed, their clan crushed and adjutant exiled to the Que'k Wastelands to die. Not long after, the UKC won a decisive victory in an assault on Hagalok Hospital, killing Weyrloc Guld and wiping out his clan, decapitating the leadership of the Traditionalists in a single battle. With the UKC's final victory in the Battle of Uemrek, the Traditionalists finally surrendered and signed the Urdnot Pact, dissolving their alliance and joining the UKC, bringing an end to the civil wars and finally uniting all of Tuchanka by March 2186 CE. Wrex was officially given the title of "High Chieftain of Hagalok, Trisek'lok, Durydok and the Sunburnt Territories", a special title applying only to him and which would never been used again, exiting only to denote and formalize his supreme authority. With the UKC in full control over Tuchanka and the Traditionalists no longer a threat, it was finally able to turn its attention to preparing for the Reapers, with domestic weapon and vehicle production scaled up at secret facilities so as not to not alert the CDEM, and Wrex finally putting into action his plan to get a cure for the genophage, aided by Mordin Solus who, upon returning to the Special Tasks Group, leaked classified intelligence of krogan females immune to the genophage recovered from Hagalok Hospital being held at STG headquarters on Sur'Kesh, giving Wrex the leverage he needed to force their surrender into his custody. Before it could be pursued more, just a few months later, the Reaper War began as the Reapers finally arrived.
The UKC would play a pivotal role in the Reaper War. After securing a cure for the genophage and finally ending thousands of years of torment, the UKC fought a desperate battle for their planet while simultaneously deploying troops to Palaven to assist their new turian allies, having joined the UGC in return for the genophage being cured. After the Battle of the Shroud, and with Urdnot Bakara having effectively become co-ruler of the UKC with Wrex, becoming the spokesperson for the female clans and a symbol of hope for the krogan (as her immunity helped create the cure), Wrex gave Bakara the title of "High Chieftess of the Unified Krogan People", yet another title purpose-built for her and her only. UKC troops would be deployed across the galaxy across every major theater, and would be present for the Battle of Cronos Station and the final battle on Earth. Following the Reaper War, Wrex set in motion plans to transform the UKC into a proper nation-state and government, having only intended the UKC to be a provisional war-time government until the Reapers were dealt with, allowing him direct and personal control over all krogan without question. With the war now over, there was no reason for the UKC to exist, and with help from Urdnot Bakara, arranged with the other clan chiefs to form an official krogan nation-state. Possessing a handful of colonies given to them by the Citadel Council during the Reaper War, and a couple more awarded by the New Council after the war, Wrex and Bakara united all of them under one government, officially forming the Tuchankan Military Confederacy. With its formation and ratification under the Oath of Binding, the United Krogan Clans were dissolved in 2190 CE, replaced by the new Confederacy, and while Wrex would retain his leadership over the krogan, it would not come with the totalitarian grip that he once possessed.